Efo riro – Efo riro Recipe

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Last Updated on December 8, 2019

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Efo riro ! This Nigerian vegetable soup is easy to make, delicious and nutritious. Efo can be paired with Nigerian swallows like eba, fufu, amala or with rice, plantain and other foods. This is the best efo riro recipe.

EFO RIRO RECIPE

Efo riro is a Yoruba soup made with green leafy vegetables like spinach, ugu, kale, greens and the likes. It is nutritious and delicious. This is one of my favourite soup and i don’t get tired of eating it. Typical efo riro is made with no tomatoes and shouldn’t be watery. No! It’s not efo riro if the vegetables are swimming in water. My favourite green vegetables for efo are spinach and kale. Let me show you quick, easy steps on how to make efo riro.

INGREDIENTS

Full ingredients, details and video in recipe card at the end of this post

Scotch bonnet/habanero (rodo)

Bell peppers

Onion

Palmoil

Locust beans (iru)

Stock cubes

Salt

Beef and assorted meat

Snail (optional) cleaned and boiled.

Smoked fish or stock fish

Kale

Spinach

HOW TO MAKE EFO RIRO

Efo riro is easy, quick and simple to make. Here are the steps on how to cook efo riro:

1) Boil the beef and assorted meat and set this aside.

2) Soak the smoked fish in hot salty water for 2 minutes (this removes the dirt off the fish), shred and seperate the bones from the fish.

3) Cut, wash and blanch the vegetables.

4) Blend coarsely the scotch bonnets, bell peppers and onion.

5) Place pot on the stove on medium heat and pour palmoil in the pot.

6) When palmoil is heated, pour in the blended peppers, stock cubes, locust beans and leave to cook for 10 minutes.

7) Add in boiled beef, assorted meats, dry fish and salt to taste.

8) Leave to cook for another 10 minutes. By now the stew should be fried and thick in consistency. The stew should not be watery.

9) Add the blanched vegetables and stir it in the stew. Leave to simmer on low heat for 2 minutes.

Do not overcook the vegetable as this would mean the vegetable losing most of it’s nutrients.

Efo riro is ready to eat.

What to Serve Efo riro with

Eba

Amala

Pounded yam

Semo, rice or any food of choice. Vegetable soup goes with almost every food.

Delicious efo riro recipe.

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Efo riro – Efo riro Recipe

Efo riro ! This Nigerian vegetable soup is easy to make, delicious and nutritious. Efo can be paired with Nigerian swallows like eba, fufu, amala or with rice, plantain and other foods. This is the best efo riro recipe.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time35 mins

Total Time45 mins

Course: Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: African, Nigerian

Keyword: efo riro, efo riro recipe, how to make efo riro

Servings: 4

Author: K’s Cuisine

Cost: $10

Ingredients

• 6 Bell pepper
• 6 Scotch bonnets rodo
• 1 large Onion
• 1 cup Palm oil
• 4 tablespoon Locust beans iru
• 2 Stock cubes
• Beef and assorted meat
• 100 g Prawns fresh or dried
• 80 g Smoked fish or stock fish trimmings
• 200g Kale or any green leafy vegetable
• 250g Spinach or any green leafy vegetable

Instructions

• Boil the beef and assorted meat and set this aside.
• Soak the smoked fish in hot salty water for 2 minutes (this removes the dirt off the fish), shred and seperate the bones from the fish.
• Cut, wash and blanch the vegetables.
• Blend coarsely the scotch bonnets, bell peppers and onion.
• Place pot on the stove on medium heat and pour palmoil in the pot.
• When palmoil is heated, pour in the blended peppers, stock cubes, locust beans and leave to cook for 10 minutes.
• Add in boiled beef, assorted meats, dry fish and salt to taste.
• Leave to cook for another 10 – 15 minutes. By now the stew should be fried and thick in consistency. The stew should not be watery.
• 9) Add the blanched vegetables and stir it in the stew. Leave to simmer on low heat for 2 minutes.

  Do not overcook the vegetable as this would mean the vegetable losing most of it's nutrients.
• Take off heat and serve.
• Enjoy efo riro with swallow like eba, amala, pounded yam or rice, plantain or any food of choice.

Video

Notes

Vegetables cook with retained heat so be careful not to overcook.

If you try this recipe, rate it and leave comment below.

This post was originally published January 30, 2014. Now republished December 2019 with few new pictures.

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